MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board MYC-C437X CPU Module as Controller Board Two 0.8mm pitch 100-pin Connectors for Board-to-Board Connections Up to 1GHz TI AM437x Series ARM Cortex-A9 Processors 512MB DDR3 SDRAM, 4GB emmc Flash, 32KB EEPROM 3 x Serial ports, 1 x USB 2.0 Host, 1 x Mini USB 2.0 Device, 1 x CAN, RS485, 1 x Camera, TF, LCD 1 x Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x PRU-ICSS Ethernet ports (AM4377 and AM4379 can support EtherCAT) Optional 4.3 or 7 inch LCD/TSP Supports Linux 4.1.18 and SYS/BIOS 6.45 (TI-RTOS) Operating Systems Figure 1-1 MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board Description The MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board is a complete evaluation platform especially designed for users to take full advantages of the Programmable Real-time Unit (PRU) as well as the 3D graphics acceleration features from Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara AM437x ARM Cortex-A9 processors. It can support -40 to +85 Celsius extended temperature operation and is ideal for industrial communications, industrial control, and industrial drives applications. The MYD-C437X-PRU development board employs the MYC-C437X CPU Module as the core controller board which is mounted onto the MYD-C437X-PRU base board through two 0.8mm pitch 2*100-pin board-to-board connectors. The CPU Module has the core components AM437x processor, 512MB DDR3, 4GB emmc flash, 32KB EEPROM, Ethernet PHY and PMIC integrated on board. The base board has additionally extended a rich set of peripherals through headers and connectors from the SOM and some extended controller chips including three serial ports, one USB Host ports, one Mini USB Device port, one Gigabit Ethernet, two 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports from the PRU-ICSS subsystems, one CAN, one RS485, one Camera interface, one Micro SD, LCD, Touch screen and more others. 1 / 10
+ Figure 1-2 MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board The AM437x processor family consists of 4 pin-pin compatible devices (AM4376, AM4377, AM4378 and AM4379) with various options including speed grades, packages, graphics and peripherals. MYIR delivers the MYD-C437X-PRU board with AM4377 processor by default which is able to support EtherCAT through two PRU-ICSS Ethernet ports and run TI SYS/BIOS v6.45 Real-time Operating System. Figure 1-3 AM437x Devices Comparison The MYD-C437X-PRU board comes with necessary cable accessories and a product disk containing the Linux 2 / 10
4.1.18 and TI RTOS (SYS/BIOS 6.45) software packages and detailed documents. The complete platform provides a quick AM437x starter kit for users when getting the goods out-of-the-box right away. Hardware Specification The TI AM437x high-performance processors are based on the ARM Cortex-A9 core. Customers using this next generation solution will see an increase in performance, as well as extensive reuse from the ARM Cortex-A8 offerings. A. Use of TSC will limit available ADC0 inputs. B. Max clock: LPDDR2 = 266 MHz; DDR3/DDR3L = 400 MHz Figure 1-4 AM437x Function Block Diagram Increasing performance and peripheral support Sitara AM437x processors deliver the right balance of: Performance Up to 1GHz of processing power 3D graphics accelerator On-chip quad-core PRU co-processor for real-time processing Improved vector floating-point unit Interfaces LPDDR2/DDR3 QSPI Display subsystem Connectivity Two parallel camera ports Dual-port 1Gb Ethernet switch Two independent, eight-channel ADCs WiLink connectivity drivers 3 / 10
Industrial protocols via PRU-ICSS Figure 1-5 AM437x Processors * PRU-ICSS is a programmable real-time core for industrial communication protocols. * Standard Protocols for AM437x processors include protocols such as Ethernet/IP, PROFINET RT/IRT, PROFIBUS, Sercos III, EnDat, Sigma Delta and more. * All Protocols for AM437x processors include standard protocols plus EtherCAT and POWERLINK The MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board takes full features of the AM437x processor and has a CPU Module MYC-C437X mounted directly onto the base board through two 0.8mm pitch 100-pin expansion connectors. This board is characterized as follows: Mechanical Parameters Dimensions: 150mm x 105mm (base board), 60mm x 45mm (CPU Module) PCB Layers: 4-layer design (base board), 8-layer design (CPU Module) Power supply: +12V/1.5A (base board), 5V/0.33A (CPU module) Working temperature: -40~85 Celsius (industrial grade) The MYD-C437X-PRU Controller Board (MYC-C437X CPU Module) Figure 1-6 MYC-C437X CPU Module 4 / 10
Processor TI AM437x (AM4376, AM4377, AM4378, AM4379) - Up to 1GHz Sitara ARM Cortex-A9 32-Bit RISC processor - POWERVR SGX Graphics Accelerator subsystem for 3D graphics acceleration to support display and gaming effects - Single-cycle vector floating point (VFP) - Dual camera and display processing subsystem - Cryptographic acceleration and secure boot - PRU-ICSS enables simultaneous industrial Ethernet protocols and motor feedback protocols - Support for 32 bit LPDDR2/DDR3/DDR3L - Low power: ~5mW deep sleep and < 0.1mW RTC-only - Simplified power sequence for flexible power design Memory 512MB DDR3 SDRAM 4GB emmc Flash 16MB QSPI Flash (reserved design, not soldered) 32KB EEPROM Peripherals and Signals Routed to Pins MYC-C437x Pinouts Description Power Management IC (TPS65218) Gigabit Ethernet PHY One power indicator (Red LED) One user LED (Green) Two 0.8mm pitch 100-pin board-to-board expansion connectors can carry out interfaces below - 1 x Gigabit Ethernet - 2 x Ethernet from PRU-ICSS subsystems - 2 x USB OTG 2.0-6 x Serial ports - 2 x I2C - 1x 24-bit LCD - 2 x CAN - 2 x SPI - 14 x ADC (8 channels from ADC1 and 6 channels from ADC0) - 3 x SDIO - 2 x Camera - 2x EnDAT2.2-2x MCASP - GPIO 5 / 10
The MYD-C437X-PRU Base Board Figure 1-7 MYD-C437X-PRU Base Board Serial ports - 1 x 3-wire Debug serial port - 1 x 5-wire RS232 serial port (J12) - 1 x 3-wire RS232 series port (J14) - 1 x RS485 (with signal and power isolation) USB - 1 x USB2.0 Host port - 1 x Mini USB2.0 Device port 1 x Gigabit Ethernet interface 2 x 10/100Mbps PRU-ICSS Ethernet interfaces 1 x CAN interface (with signal and power isolation) 1 x TF card slot 1 x 16-bit LCD interface 1 x 24-bit LCD interface 1 x Camera interface (0.5mm pitch 30-pin FPC connectors) 1 x 2.54mm pitch 14-pin JTAG interface 4 x Buttons (1 x Reset button, 1 x PMIC, 2 x User buttons) 1 x Power indicator (Red LED) 3 x User LEDs (Blue) Three 2.0mm 20-pin expansion connectors - 8 x ADC, 2 x SPI, 1 x I2C, 2 x UART, PRU-UART (supports PROFIBUS), 2 x EnDat, 2 x eqep, ehrpwm * The LCD display function cannot be used with the EtherCAT function at the same time due to reused signals. * The LCD interface can be either selected to use the 16-bit LCD interface or 24-bit LCD interface. 6 / 10
Function Block Diagram Figure 1-8 MYC-C437X Function Block Diagram Figure 1-9 Function Block Diagram of MYD-C437X-PRU 7 / 10
Dimension Chart Figure 1-10 Dimension Chart of MYC-C437X CPU Module Figure 1-11 Dimension Chart of MYD-C437X-PRU 8 / 10
Software Features OS Item Features Description Bootstrap program u-boot-201605 Bootstrap (source code) Kernel Version Linux 4.1.18 (especially designed for MYD-C437X-PRU, source code) USB Host USB OTG Ethernet PRU Ethernet MMC/SD/TF Nand Flash emmc CAN RS485 USB Host driver (source code) USB OTG driver (source code) Gigabit Ethernet driver (source code) Industrial Ethernet driver (source code) MMC/SD/TF card driver (source code) Nand Flash driver (source code) emmc driver (source code) CAN driver (source code) RS485 driver (source code) Linux Drivers LCD Controller LCD driver (source code, supports 4.3, 7-inch LCD) RTC RTC driver (source code) File system Touch driver Button LED Watchdog Camera UART SPI ADC I2C Buildroot Arago Resistive and Capacitive touch screen driver (source code) Button driver (source code) LED driver (source code) Watchdog driver (source code) Camera driver (source code) UART driver (source code) SPI driver (source code) ADC driver (source code) I2C driver (source code) Provide image file Provide image file Kernel Version SYS/BIOS 6.45 Evaluation environment Code Composer Studio Version 6.2.x ARM compiler SYS/BIOS GNU V4.9.3 (Linaro) PRU compiler PRU 2.1.13 Application Examples Bootloader, EtherCAT Slave Application, EtherNet/IP Adapter Application, EtherNet MAC Application, Example Utils Application Table 1-1 Software Features of MYD-C437X-PRU 9 / 10
Order Information Product Item Packing List MYD-C4377-PRU Development Board One MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board (including (Part No.: MYD-C4377-PRU-4E512D-100-I) the base board and CPU module) MYC-C4377 CPU Module One Net cable (Part No.: MYC-C4377-4E512D-100-I) One USB cable MY-LCD43TP 4.3-inch LCD Module One 12V/1.5A Power adapter (Part No.: MY-TFT043RV2) One Product DVD MY-LCD70TP 7-inch LCD Module (including user manual, datasheet, base board schematic in (Part No.: MY-TFT070RV2) PDF format and software packages) MY-LCD70TP-C 7-inch LCD Module (Part No.: MY-TFT070CV2) Add-on Options MY-WF003U USB WiFi Module MY-LCD43TP 4.3-inch LCD Module (Part No.: MY-WF003U) MY-LCD70TP 7-inch LCD Module MY-CAM002U USB Camera Module MY-LCD70TP-C 7-inch LCD Module (Part No.: MY-CAM002U) MY-WF003U USB WiFi Module MY-CAM011B BUS Camera Module MY-CAM002U USB Camera Module (Part No.: MY-CAM011B) MY-CAM011B BUS Camera Module Remark: 1. One MYD-C437X-PRU Development Board includes one CPU module MYC-C437X mounted on the base board. If you need more CPU module, you can order extra ones. 2. MYIR offers MYD-C4377-PRU by default; if you need other CPU model or other RAM/Flash configuration, please contact MYIR for availabilities. 3. For Price information, please contact MYIR. 4. We accept custom design based on the MYD-C437X-PRU, whether reducing, adding or modifying the existing hardware according to customer s requirement. MYIR Tech Limited Room 1306, Wensheng Center, Wenjin Plaza, North Wenjin Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, China 518020 E-mail: sales@myirtech.com Phone: +86-755-22984836 Fax: +86-755-25532724 Website: http://www.myirtech.com 10 / 10